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Ideology and Insanity : Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man by Thomas Stephen Szasz is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is a collection of the earliest essays of Thomas Szasz, in which he staked out his position on “the nature, scope, methods, and values of psychiatry.” On each of these issues, he opposed the official position of the psychiatric profession. Where conventional psychiatrists saw themselves diagnosing and treating mental illness, Szasz saw them stigmatizing and controlling persons; where they saw hospitals, Szasz saw prisons; where they saw courageous professional advocacy of individualism and freedom, Szasz saw craven support of collectivism and oppression.

Who reads Ideology and Insanity : Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man?

Author

Thomas Stephen Szasz

Publisher

Syracuse University Press (NY)

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815602569

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Medical, Fiction, Psychology

Rating

4.11 / 5 (57 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14